Last night crowds of people walked through a protest and lines of riot police to listen to two people talk about what it means to move forward when you have more reason than most to look back. It was a pretty intimidating entrance, but the place was packed full of people (photo on the right by Glenn Jordan). You can see some of the press coverage here.

The event was called ‘Listening to your enemies’ and was part of the 4 Corners Festival. It was hosted by the Skainos centre on the Newtownards Road in East Belfast.

The event was chaired by Rev. Dr. Lesley Carroll and featured Jo Berry and Patrick Magee. Jo Berry lost her father, Sir Anthony Berry, in an IRA bomb in a hotel in Brighton in 1984. Patrick Magee was a member of the IRA at the time and one of the bombers of…